Geocentric

Information Outlook, Feb, 2005 by Mark Perkins

To the Editor:

I very much appreciated your article ("The Millennial Invasion", John J. DiGilio and Gayle Lynn-Nelson, November 2004) but it also made me feel slightly uneasy. On reflection I think it was due to the following:

1. Very USA biased. While many of this US generation may have forgotten Nixon, Qaddafi, Cold War, etc., many, if not most, around the world have not.

2. It is clearly describing a certain section of this generation, those likely to use corporate libraries as opposed to the wider numbers. I know IO is a 'Special Libraries' publication, but these distinctions should be made.

3. I am from Generation W(?) and first used the Internet in 1982. I too respect ability and skill, which are not the same as authority. I think many thinking people in each generation come to the same conclusion--it's just that they are now able to express this more. However, looking at voting behavior provides another, troubling, yardstick.

Anyway, thanks for a thought provoking article.

Mark Perkins

Noumea

New Caledonia